with republican colleagues, if you do get reelected, what sorts of things are you willing to compromise on? >> well, kristin, you're right, and i do it because it's the right thing to do and it's because what people in north eastern pennsylvania expect me to do. i got elected back in 2012 and since then i've been reaching across the aisle because that's my job. in fact, they score us on everything. if you go on govtrack i've introduced more bills supported by republicans than any other democrat in the house, it's worked, you have to work at it but they expect me in north eastern pennsylvania to try to get past the partisan bickering that goes on in washington all of the time, i will continue to do that and you know what, even if the democrats win back the house, there's no reason for me to stop that because, again, the